A legendary pop music live talk show, Casey's Backstage Pop, which brings legendary pop hits that defined an era into today's sensibility and shares the stories hidden behind those hits, will be released for the first time on Feb. 5.
Casey's Backstage Pop is a music live talk show that shares legendary pop hits everyone has heard at least once and the behind-the-scenes stories that make you think, "Was there really such a story?" Casey, loved for her delicate sensibility and musical empathy, will take on the role of MC for the first time since her debut and will lead talks with guests in a lively yet relaxed manner.
Casey's Backstage Pop will center each episode on a themed artist and invite domestic singer guests who love that artist's music to combine talk and live performances. The show will share behind-the-scenes stories related to the hits and pop artists, and guest singers will perform cover live versions of the legendary pop artists' signature songs, conveying both respect for the originals and new interpretations.
Themed around 10 pop artists including the Beatles, Whitney Houston, Bon Jovi, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Celine Dion, Sting, Mariah Carey, the Carpenters and James Ingram, Casey's Backstage Pop will feature talented and distinctive vocalists such as DK, Lee Ye-jun, Lee Bo-ram, Jeon Sang-geun, Shin Ye-young, Lee Won-seok, Bang Yedam, Jeon Geon-ho, Beom-jin and Lee Ah-young & TwoN.B., each presenting stages reinterpreted in their own colors.
"Listening to songs while chatting, chatting while singing" — the music live talk show Casey's Backstage Pop is expected to offer viewers who love pop music empathy, nostalgia and new enjoyment by capturing moments when past hits meet today's sensibility, beyond simple music introductions. It will be released starting Feb. 5 and will be available every Thursday at 6 p.m. on YouTube Studio:D.
Donuts Culture projects about 8 billion won in 2025 revenue… growth driver centered on Studio:D, expanding original IP and collaboration lineups
Meanwhile, Donuts Culture & Music Group (hereafter Donuts Culture), the producer of Casey's Backstage Pop and operator of the YouTube Studio:D channel, produces content based on music IP and recorded about 8 billion won in total revenue as of 2025, establishing itself as a stable company in its 13th year since founding. Donuts Culture has set three directions for this year: "enhancing existing series IP," "expanding original content," and "strengthening creator collaboration projects," and plans to focus on branding series content based on music, travel and busking through the YouTube content studio channel Studio:D.
Notably, building on its accumulated production capabilities, the company will continue to develop the music variety series The Listen in partnership with SBS while preparing an animated version of The Listen to expand the IP. The Studio:D original content The Listen: Mu-cance, which reduces variety elements and focuses on the "experience of listening to music and relaxing," is also positioned as a key lineup for this year.
Studio:D will also expand creator collaboration series through collaboration projects with travel YouTubers and will sequentially produce and release various programs such as Backpacking and Busking season 3, the representative IP combining music and travel, and Lululala Friends season 2, a busking collaboration project with overseas artists. Through its Vietnam subsidiary HKDC, it will also promote a graffiti exhibition project, a Korea-Vietnam artist exchange project in collaboration with the Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation.
Starting with Casey's Backstage Pop, which will be released on Feb. 5, various lineup contents will be made available through the YouTube Studio:D channel.
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